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Windows Vista upgrade guide, part 2: hardware - It's been five years since Windows Vista's immediate predecessor was released and times have changed, including hardware requirements. This upgrade guide goes line by line through Vista's hardware-dependent features. The breakdown should aid users in what to buy if they want to upgrade to the new OS from Microsoft.

Blogs put developers in Microsoft 'cockpit' - News - ZDNet - Microsoft quietly launched a new site on Tuesday that combines blogs, discussion forums and other technology to improve communications with developers.
Channel 9 (http://channel9.msdn.com/) was created by a group of engineers and "technology evangelists" at Microsoft that is convinced the software giant could do more to promote free discussion with outside developers. The name refers to the audio channel most airlines use to allow passengers to listen in on conversations between flight crew members.

Longhorn Developer Center - Longhorn is the next version of the Windows operating system. News from the 2003 Professional Developers Conference, product and background information, tools & code samples, and support information.

Microsoft Developer Tools Roadmap 2004-2005 - Microsoft remains committed to ensuring the success of its customers by providing innovative developer tools that meet these ever-changing requirements. To help organizations plan future software development efforts, Microsoft is providing a roadmap to the following planned releases of its Visual Studio developer tools, code-named Whidbey (2004) and Orcas (2005).

The original Microsoft 'family' (the photograph, 30 years later) - Who could have predicted back in 1978 that this collection of nerds, dweebs, and hippies would come to rule the desktop? A time when a PC in every home was just a vision and 640KB of memory ought to be enough for anybody. That's the original Microsoft "family" re-photographed 30 years later (minus Bob Wallace who died in 2002) as Bill Gates slips into retirement.

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